Hinge.



G. STBINGRUBER.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.26,1913.

Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

COL\1MIH A PLANOGRAPII c0. WASHINGTON. n. c.

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GEORGE STEiNGRUBER, OF HAZLEI-IURST, MISSISSIPPI.

HINGE.

To all whom 2'1 may concern:

Be it known that I, (Fluonon S'rmxoanonn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at HaZlelun-st, in the county of Copiah and State ofMississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHinges, of which the :t'ollmving is a specification.

The object ot the present invention is to provide a novel form of hingeadapted particularly to join together two men'ibers such as the sectionsof a foldable table teat so as to permit folding of said sections or themoven'ient of one section through a plane of one hundred and eightydegrees with rc spect to the other section.

In carrying out the invention it contemplated to provide a hingeconsisting of two attaching members each of which has formed therein asocket to receive one end of a connecting link, said socket terminatingin shoulders adapted to limit the opening and closing movements of thehinge or of the link connecting the hinge members aforesaid.

One of the principal features of my invention is the provision of ahinge of the above nature which is susceptible of being set into theadjoining edges of a ttoldable member instead of connecting said membersat their outer edge portions, whereby said fold-able member in theirconnected condition may be passed through the machinery for planing itstop surface as well as the edge portions in which the hinge members areset.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in thecmistruction, combination and arrangement of parts all as hereinaftermore fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure l is a view partially in section and showing the application of ahinge constructed in accordance with my invention, a portion beingbroken away to show more clearly the tll'lflllQ'OHltEllt of theconnecting link for the hinge members. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view ofthe contiguous edge portions of the foldable member to which my hinge isattached, said hinge being in closed position. Fig. 3 is a plan viewshowing the hinge in open position. Fig. 5L is a longitudinal sectionalview taken about on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Figs. 5, (S and 7 are detailviews of the side plate, interme Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 26, 1913.

Patented Sept. 1th, 1913.

Serial No. 763,819.

diate plate and connecting link respectively used in the construction ofmy hinge.

'Jlhoughout the following detail 'lcscrip tion, and on the severalfigures oil? the drawings, similar parts are referred to by likeretercncc characters.

Specifically describing my invention and retcnring to the drawings thenumerals 1 and 2 represent the sections oi a 'l'oldable member to beconnected by means of my hinge invention. These sections for the purposeof this description will be termed the sections oil. a table leaf, inthe abutting edge portions of which one or more of these hinges may beinset. The hinge constituting my invention consists of a pair ofattaching members 3 ol identical shape and construction, which membersare connected together by means of a link Each of the members 25comprises an internal socket in which the link -1l is adapted to work aswill now be set forth.

As a matter of convenience in the manufacture ot my invention, each ofthe members 3 is termed of a pair of outer plates 5, shown most clearlyin Fig. 5 of the draw .ings, which plates are bent at right angles attheir upper portion to term a wing (5, the wings oi. the outer plates ofeach member 3 being bent in opposite directions as shown in Fig. 3.Between the outer plates 5 is disposed an inner or intermediate plate Tas shown in Fig. (3 of the drawing, said plate being cut away at one ofits lower corners as designated by the numeral 8, the cut-away portionbeing of semicirrailar shape.

The outer plates 5 and the inner plate 7 just mentioned are fastenedtogether by means of rivets or other like members 9 passing through omcnings J in said plates and the link i is then pivotally mounted upon apin t. so as to pivotally connect said link with the hinge member 3, itbeing understood that the link is conncctcd at each end in the manncrabove described to join together the two attaching members 3 ol my hingecimstruction. The cut away portion 8 in the intermediate plate '7 ofeach hinge member forms a socket in which the link i moves and thissocket or cut away portion terminates in an upper shoulder a. and alower shoulder I) which shoulders limit the upward and downward movementof the link 4-. The outer plates 5 at the corners adjacentthe socket 8are cut away diagonally as indicated by the numeral 10 so as to permitthe movement of one hinge member 3 with respect to the other as thehinge is moved from an open to a closed position. Each of the wings 6 ofthe hinge members 3 is provided with an opening 6 so that the hinges maybe secured in position by means of screws 6". g

It will be understood that the leaf members or sections 1 and 2 inapplying my hinge are first provided with the necessary openings orholes in which the body portion of each hinge member 3 is adapted to beseated, the wings 6 preferably lying in a lower plane than the top ofthe sections 1 and 2 which may then be run through a planing machine andsmoothed in the usual manner. The foldable leaf may then be passedthrough a machine for properly jointing the abutting edges of the leavesand all this may he done after the hinge has been applied in position asabove described thus assuring the proper adjustment of the leaf sections1 and 2 with respect to each other. Any number of these hinges may beinserted on the abutting edge portions of the leaf sections as will beobvious, the hinge construction making a very strong and durableconnecting means for this purpose. The cooperation of the link 4 withthe ter- Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:v V

A hinge comprising a pair of attaching members each consisting of a pairof outer plates having opposing wing portions bent at angles to saidplate and plate disposed intermediate the outer plates, said lastmentioned plate being cut away so as to form an internal socket, theterminals of said cutaway portion forming abutment shoulders,

and a rectangular link connected to said members so as to pivotally movein said cut away portions, the terminal shoulders of said cut-awayportion limiting movements of the link in opposite directions.

In testimony whereof I {tffiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

G. STEINGRUBER. Witnesses:

A. H. CONN, lV. F. HIGDON.

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Washington, D. C.

